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How to drag and drop TextBox text to WinForms TreeViewAdv control between two forms?

To drag and drop TextBox text from one form to WinForms TreeViewAdv control on another form, AllowDrop property should be enabled for both controls and DragEnter and DragDrop events should be used in TreeViewAdv.

C#:

this.treeViewAdv1.AllowDrop = true;

//Add event handlers
this.treeViewAdv1.DragEnter += TreeViewAdv1_DragEnter;
this.treeViewAdv1.DragDrop += new DragEventHandler(treeViewAdv1_DragDrop);

private void TreeViewAdv1_DragEnter(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
{
    e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy;
}

private void treeViewAdv1_DragDrop(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
{
     TreeNodeAdv node = new TreeNodeAdv();
     if (e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text))
     {
         Point pt = ((TreeViewAdv)sender).PointToClient(new Point(e.X, e.Y));
         TreeNodeAdv dn = ((TreeViewAdv)sender).GetNodeAtPoint(pt);
         node = new TreeNodeAdv(e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString());
         dn.Nodes.Add(node);
         dn.Expand();
     }
}
VB.Net:
Me.treeViewAdv1.AllowDrop = True

' Add event handlers
AddHandler Me.treeViewAdv1.DragEnter, AddressOf TreeViewAdv1_DragEnter
AddHandler treeViewAdv1.DragDrop, AddressOf treeViewAdv1_DragDrop

Private Sub TreeViewAdv1_DragEnter(sender As Object, e As DragEventArgs)
    e.Effect = DragDropEffects.Copy
End Sub

Private Sub treeViewAdv1_DragDrop(sender As Object, e As DragEventArgs)
    Dim node As New TreeNodeAdv()

    If e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text) Then
        Dim pt As Point = CType(sender, TreeViewAdv).PointToClient(New Point(e.X, e.Y))
        Dim dn As TreeNodeAdv = CType(sender, TreeViewAdv).GetNodeAtPoint(pt)
        
        node = New TreeNodeAdv(e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString())
        dn.Nodes.Add(node)
        dn.Expand()
    End If
End Sub

TextBox text value drpoped in TreeViewAdv


View sample in GitHub

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